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"CIOs are challenged with bringing technology into alignment with business strategy. In order to be successful, today's CIO must translate the technical into business terms and to deliver solutions to the business to improve processes and end products. CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology provides a complete guide for the strategic CIO to help in these challenges. This book is a great tool for all CIOs."
—Ellen Barry, CIO, Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority
"The demand for value from technology investment will only increase in the future, and major business trends like globalization, consolidation, optimization, and consumerism demand that IT leaders find ways to engineer high performance, agility, lean, and innovation into the way businesses work and compete. Enlightened CIOs will want to read this book and ensure they understand the game plan for the future."
—Patrick E. Moroney, President, The Barnier Group LLC
"A terrific primer for technology professionals and a must-read for anyone aspiring to be a CIO or technology leader. This book focuses on the most relevant topics business and technology must grapple with including strategy development, strategic alignment and value creation, and the specific roles the CIO and IT must play. The book captures the collective wisdom of an impressive list of influential contributing authors who precisely frame and address the key issues CIOs must deal with today and for the foreseeable future."
—Stephen Fugale, Chief Information Officer, Villanova University, and former senior vice president and CIO, CIGNA Group Insurance
"CIO Best Practices captures many of the things we have learned during our eight years of providing product outsourcing to U.S. companies. I recommend this book to anyone looking to quickly understand the decisions one will need to deal with before outsourcing."
—Anupam Bhide, PhD, CEO, CalSoft
With tactical advice by renowned IT leaders including Mike Hugos, Gary Cokins, Anthony Hill, and Paul Niven, CIO Best Practices eloquently describes the process of bringing together a deep understanding of technology with an intimate awareness of an industry's strategic leverage points.
A CIO's success is defined by personal business acumen, the ability to meaningfully communicate IT strategy, and most importantly, the proficiency to translate cutting-edge technology into usable ideas and solutions that promote business goals. For anyone who wants to achieve better returns on their ideas, CIO Best Practices reveals the concrete skills and competencies required of a CIO as well as a comprehensive strategic framework to fully leverage IT resources. Filled with real-world examples of CIO success stories, this proactive guide:
This practical resource provides best practice guidance on the key responsibilities of the CIO and the CIO's important role in modern organizations. It is the most definitive and important work on achieving and exercising strategic IT leadership for CIOs, those who intend to become CIOs, and those who want to understand the strategic importance of IT for the entire enterprise.
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